Excellera Advisory Group, Italy’s leading corporate affairs advisory group, enters a new phase of expansion with ICG joining as its financial partner for the company’s next stage of growth. Backed since its inception by Xenon Private Equity, Excellera has outperformed its growth targets ahead of schedule and is now ready to scale internationally, supported by ICG, a leading global alternative asset manager, listed on the London Stock Exchange.

The transaction, expected to close in autumn 2025, marks a major milestone in Excellera’s journey, confirming the strategic vision behind its mission to create a corporate affairs champion in EMEA, connecting key international markets and thought-leaders, where political, regulatory, financial, and reputational priorities are shaped for the benefit of Excellera’s clients.

Today, Excellera brings together seven best-in-class firms in strategic communications and public affairs: Barabino & Partners, Cattaneo Zanetto Pomposo & Co., Community, Excellera Intelligence, Public Affairs Advisors, and Value Relations. Last month, the Group expanded its international reach with the addition of IP Excellera, a leading strategic communications consultancy in the MENA region.

As of today, Excellera has more than 350 employees and collaborators and a widespread presence across international markets with 15 offices located in Abu Dhabi, Bergamo, Berlin, Brussels, Dubai, Genoa, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, New York, Paris, Riyadh, Rome and Treviso.

As a pioneering platform for the aggregation of leading advisory firms, Excellera was the first of its kind in Italy. With ICG’s support, Excellera will accelerate its international expansion and further consolidate its position in Italy, pursuing a model in which each company retains its brand identity and operational autonomy, while becoming increasingly interconnected and globally integrated. One of the main focuses of this new partnership will be to drive innovation and the development of a data-driven approach, an element that has always defined Excellera’s DNA, as demonstrated by the integration of INTWIG into the Group and the subsequent launch of Excellera Intelligence.

The Group’s management team, which includes founders of the individual firms, have selected ICG as their new partner and will reinvest the majority of their stake in the new transaction.